The Twenty-Eighth Dynasty of Kevan

16 March - 13 April 2021

Ascension Address: Giolitti As It Is Played

Giolitti is a two-player trick-taking card game thought to have been played widely across northern Italy in the 17th and early 18th century. Despite its popularity, the culture of the game was unusually secretive in nature and little is known about its rules today, beyond the fact that it was played with a tarot deck (most likely a version of the Tarocco Bolognese) and that its trump suit may have reflected and satirised political characters of the time. Cartlesham (1912) suggests that the “Traditore” trump card, which reappears across all known versions of the game, may represent a high-ranking figure from the court of the Doge of Venice, although contemporary sources and card illustrations appear to disagree over the individual’s exact identity.

Replace “Doge” with “Dealer” and “Elector” with “Player”.

Players

The following players were active at the start of the Dynasty:

Brendan, Bucky, Clucky, Cuddlebeam, Darknight, Josh, Jumble, Kevan, pokes, Raven1207, Zack

And at the end:

Brendan, Clucky, Darknight, Josh, Jumble, Kevan, lemonfanta, pokes, Raven1207

Final Ruleset

• Ruleset 187

Gamestate

• The Card Table

Posts of Interest

Dynastic Rules

• Deck Builder established the basic Tarot-style deck that the game would use
• A Minute to Learn, A Lifetime to Master established the basic game: each player is dealt a hand of seven cards, and plays them one at a time, in turn
• Scorecard established all played cards as a "Winnow" (a term that was later dropped), and the most recent three as a player's "Pocket"; it also introduced Pegs, a game currency
• Power to the Players allowed players to signal that they were Ready, and for games to be started between such people
• D-D-D-Deck Breaker introduced Masks
• A Fine Game established the "Fine": a call from the Dealer that formally ends the game, confirming whether the plays were valid
• First to Make a Joke about Pegging added the Magistrelli scoring system
• Dem Trumps added effects for playing Arcana-suit cards

(This list of significant dynastic events is currently incomplete.)

Non-dynastic changes

• Pretty Please Redux made Jumble an admin
• DomiNO changed Imperial Deferentials so that Emperor DEFs would no longer change Player DEFs into FOR/AGAINST votes.
• Favours created the concept of Favours, which were later made into a Special Case rule

Games of Giolitti

No.	Players	Winner	Ended by
1	Pokes vs Jumble	Pokes	7 Plays
2	Pokes vs Zack	Draw	7 Plays
3	Clucky vs Jumble	Clucky	Sfida Rejected
4	Bucky vs Josh	Josh	7 Plays
5	Darknight vs Brendan	Draw	7 Plays
6	Clucky vs Bucky	Bucky	7 Plays
7	Pokes vs Jumble	Pokes	7 Plays
8	Raven1207 vs Josh	Josh	7 Plays
9	Raven1207 vs Josh	Josh	7 Plays
10	Clucky vs Jumble	Clucky	Sfida Rejected
11	Pokes vs Brendan	Pokes	Sfida Rejected
12	(No twelfth game, Dealer miscounted)	n/a	n/a
13	Bucky vs Brendan	Brendan	Sfida Rejected
14	Pokes vs Raven1207	Pokes	7 Plays
15	Josh vs Lemonfanta	Josh	7 Plays
16	Josh vs Brendan	Brendan	Unclean
17	Jumble vs Raven1207 (restarted)	Draw	7 Plays
18	Lemonfanta vs Pokes	Lemonfanta	Sfida Rejected
19	Pokes vs Clucky	Clucky	Unclean
20	Brendan vs Lemonfanta	Brendan	7 Plays
21	Clucky vs Josh	Clucky	Sfida Rejected
22	Jumble vs Pokes	Draw	7 Plays
23	Jumble vs Raven1207	Jumble	7 Plays
24	Josh vs Brendan	Josh	Sfida Rejected
25	Pokes vs Clucky	Clucky	Sfida Rejected
26	Lemonfanta vs Jumble	Lemonfanta	Sfida Rejected
27	Raven1207 vs Clucky	Voided	n/a
28	Brendan vs Josh	Brendan	Sfida Rejected
29	Clucky vs Pokes	Pokes	Sfida Rejected
30	Josh vs Brendan	Josh	Sfida Rejected
31	Lemonfanta vs Jumble	Lemonfanta	Resigned
32	Raven1207 vs Jumble	Raven	Resigned
33	Clucky vs Pokes	Pokes	7 Plays
34	Brendan vs Josh	Josh	Sfida Rejected
35	Lemonfanta vs Jumble	Jumble	Resigned
36	Pokes vs Josh	Josh	Sfida Rejected
37	Raven1207 vs Clucky	Clucky	7 Plays
38	Lemonfanta vs Clucky	Clucky	Sfida Rejected
39	Raven1207 vs Brendan	Brendan	Timeout
40	Josh vs Pokes	Pokes	Sfida Rejected
41	Brendan vs Jumble	Brendan	Sfida Rejected
42	Clucky vs Pokes	Clucky	7 Plays
43	Josh vs Lemonfanta	Lemonfanta	Resigned
44	Jumble vs Lemonfanta	Lemonfanta	Sfida Rejected
45	Clucky vs Josh	Josh	Sfida Rejected
46	Pokes vs Brendan	Pokes	Sfida Rejected
47	Brendan vs Clucky	Brendan	Sfida Rejected
48	Lemonfanta vs Jumble	Lemonfanta	Resigned
49	Pokes vs Josh	Josh	Sfida Rejected
50	Josh vs Brendan	Josh	Resigned
51	Lemonfanta vs Jumble	Jumble	Resigned
52	Clucky vs Pokes	Clucky	Resigned

Crown Match

No.	Players	Winner	Ended by
1	Clucky vs Josh	Josh	7 Plays
2	Josh vs Clucky	Clucky	7 Plays
3	Clucky vs Josh	Josh	7 Plays

Ascension

At the end of the third Crown Match, Josh was named Capofamiglia and declared victory. A complicated victory-share system included Josh's co-conspirators, Brendan and lemonfanta, and a loose collection of other affiliates and occasionally rivals; but the dice roll resulted in lemonfanta being handed the mantle.

Commentary

Dynastic Histories [Edit]

Round One - Myke I - Lyndse I - Myke II - Kevan I - Anthony I - Est I - Kevan II - Damanor I - Kevan III - Cayvie I - Josh I - Keitalia I - SatyrEyes I - Metadynasty I - Cayvie II - Brendan I - Kevan IV - Knightking I - Chronos Phaenon I - TrumanCapote I - Knightking II - Quazie I - Simon I - AngryGrasshopper I - Rodney I - Aaron I - Josh II - Metadynasty II - Chronos Phaenon II - Excalabur I - Excalabur II - 75th Trombone I - Elias IX I - Metadynasty III - Angry Grasshopper II - Hix I - Thelonious I - Elias IX II - Rodney II - Clucky I - Doremi I - Chronos Phaenon III - Amnistar I - Clucky II - Amnistar II - Bucky I - Clucky III - Josh III - Kevan V - Hix II - Spikebrennan I - Jack I - Purplebeard I - Rodlen I - Yoda I - Amnistar III - Darknight I - Bucky II - Yoda II - Metadynasty IV - Arthexis I - Amnistar IV - Devenger I - Ais523 I - Ienpw III I - Qwazukee I - Klisz I - Metadynasty V - Bucky III - Wakukee I - Kevan VI - Ais523 II - Josh IV - Purplebeard II - Ais523 III - Ienpw III II - Klisz II - Lilomar I - Coppro I - Ais523 IV - Kevan VII - Brendan II - Alecto I - Josh V - Clucky IV - Purplebeard III - Kevan VIII - Ais523 V - Purplebeard IV - Yoda III - Bucky IV - Kevan IX - Bateleur I - Metadynasty VI - Coppro II - Ais523 VI - Cpt Koen I - Southpointingchariot I - Josh VI - Scshunt III - Quirck I - Clucky V - Bucky V - Kevan X - Josh VII - Kevan XI - Scshunt IV - RaichuKFM I - Larrytheturtle I - Skju I - Metadynasty VII - Purplebeard V - Spitemaster I - Josh VIII - RaichuKFM II - The Alien I - Benzene I - RaichuKFM III - Purplebeard VI - Kevan XII - Ayesdeeef I - Bucky VI - Kevan XIII - Josh IX - Mideg I - Kevan XIV - Brendan III - Kevan XV - Tantusar I - Josh X - Kevan XVI - Thrawn I - Brendan IV - Kevan XVII - Moonroof I - RaichuKFM IV - Larrytheturtle II - Brendan V - Kevan XVIII - Brendan VI - RaichuKFM V - Kevan XIX - Brendan VII - Kevan XX - Viv I - Pokes I - Sphinx I - Madrid I - Pokes II - Madrid II - Metadynasty VIII - Axemabaro I - Diabecko I - Kevan XXI - Diabecko & Card I - Kevan XXII - Derrick I - Card I - Madrid III - Card II - Kevan XXIII - Pokes III - Kevan XXIV - Trigon I - Derrick II - Kevan XXV - Derrick III - Farsight I - TyGuy6 I - Pokes IV - Madrid IV - TyGuy6 II - Kevan XXVI - The Duke of Waltham I - Josh XI - Clucky VI - Naught I - Metadynasty IX - Kevan XXVII - Josh XII - Clucky VII - Josh XIII - Bucky VII - Josh XIV - Kevan XXVIII - Lemonfanta I - Clucky VIII - Josh XV - Misty I - ais523 VII - Josh XVI - Kevan XXIX - Trapdoorspyder I - Metadynasty X - Brendan VIII - Brendan IX - Zack I - Misty II - Josh XVII - MadisonSilver I - Josh XVIII - Kevan XXX - Lendunistus I - Josh XIX - SingularByte I - Trapdoorspyder II - Bucky XIII - JonathanDark I - Trapdoorspyder III - Habanero I - JonathanDark II - Misty III - Metadynasty XI - Josh XX - Lemon II - Kevan XXXI - Josh XXI - Clucky IX - Vovix I - JonathanDark III - Zack II - JonathanDark IV - Josh XXII - Kevan XXXII - JonathanDark V - Darknight II - Clucky X - Lukas I - Desertfrog I